Libya has had more than enough money for more than enough time to develop sophisticated infrastructure for water location, desalinization and distribution for every single citizen. The reason it hasn't happened is because they've been living under a dictator who only cared about enriching his personal empire.

They'd have to be stupid Californians with no knowledge of basic California geography.

The California deserts are east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, far inland on the Arizona and Nevada borders. The rest of the state ranges from mountain to hill to coastal, with marshes and rivers and lakes and snow.

If Bush were still in office this would be played out as a major humanitarian crisis and the whole country would be said to be in chaos, and it would of course, be all his fault for helping remove the dictator in question.

randomjsa:If Bush were still in office this would be played out as a major humanitarian crisis and the whole country would be said to be in chaos, and it would of course, be all his fault for helping remove the dictator in question.

Somacandra:Libya has had more than enough money for more than enough time to develop sophisticated infrastructure for water location, desalinization and distribution for every single citizen. The reason it hasn't happened is because they've been living under a dictator who only cared about enriching his personal empire.

To be fair, The Great Manmade river seems to more or less qualify as a giant infrastructure project that strove to supply Libyans all over Libya with water.

Somacandra 2011-08-28 11:18:01 AMLibya has had more than enough money for more than enough time to develop sophisticated infrastructure for water location, desalinization and distribution for every single citizen. The reason it hasn't happened is because they've been living under a dictator who only cared about enriching his personal empire.

They'd have to be stupid Californians with no knowledge of basic California geography.

The California deserts are east of the Sierra Nevada mountain range, far inland on the Arizona and Nevada borders. The rest of the state ranges from mountain to hill to coastal, with marshes and rivers and lakes and snow.

Los Angeles is a freaking desert. That's why they have to steal water from several other states.

They need to stop whining and improvise. When I was in Afghanistan we used bottled water to wash our trucks, take showers in, and water our lawn. If it's good enough for the Army why isn't it good enough for the Libyans? Yeah, pouring an entire pallet of bottled water into buckets takes work, but the desert is no place for laziness.

<b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.fark.com/comments/6517230/71370502#c71370502">Somacan dra</a>:</b> <i>Libya has had more than enough money for more than enough time to develop sophisticated infrastructure for water location, desalinization and distribution for every single citizen. The reason it hasn't happened is because they've been living under a dictator who only cared about enriching his personal empire.</i>

wantingout:<b><a target="_blank" href="http://www.fark.com/comments/6517230/71370502#c71370502">Somacan dra</a>:</b> <i>Libya has had more than enough money for more than enough time to develop sophisticated infrastructure for water location, desalinization and distribution for every single citizen. The reason it hasn't happened is because they've been living under a dictator who only cared about enriching his personal empire.</i>

"You wanna help them? You really wanna help these people? STOP SENDING THEM FOOD! Don't sent these people another bite. You want to help them? Send them U-HAULS! Send them LUGGAGE! Send them somebody like me who'll say, 'Hey, we just drove 700 miles with your food, and it occurred to us that there wouldn't be any world hunger if you people would MOVE TO WHERE THE FOOD IS!! You live in a FARKING DESERT! You understand that? NOTHING GROWS HERE! Nothing's GONNA grow here! Come here. You see this? This is SAND. You know what this is going to be 100 years from now? SAND. You live in a FARKING DESERT! MOVE TO WHERE THE FOOD IS! We have deserts in America. We just don't live in 'em, A**HOLES!"

Mr. Titanium:Los Angeles is a freaking desert. That's why they have to steal water from several other states.

Myth

There are many rivers and lakes in Southern California. Yes, water was diverted to turn the city into a garden and to provide for agriculture, however before that only a portion of the north eastern Los Angeles county was desert:

Most of the desert is far east inland, near the Nevada and Arizona borders. The rest of the county (most of it) is not desert. Now that there are so many people, more water is diverted, but how do you think other large cities get their water? Do you think New York City has enough natural fresh water on hand to support 8 million people in that packed square mileage? No, they have aqueducts and water supply pipes just like Los Angeles.

http://hiddenlosangeles.com/imagery-the-celery-of-venice/

There is a reason there are so many people who want to live in Southern California: the weather is perfect, approximately mid-70s year round with moderate amounts of rainfall. Diverting drinking and plant water does not create such an environment. It is natural. If you turned off California's water tomorrow, some of the artificial greenery (palm trees) would die, but much of it would still be there next year.

natmar_76:There is a reason there are so many people who want to live in Southern California: the weather is perfect, approximately mid-70s year round with moderate amounts of rainfall. Diverting drinking and plant water does not create such an environment. It is natural. If you turned off California's water tomorrow, some of the artificial greenery (palm trees) would die, but much of it would still be there next year.

The reason there are so many people in LA county is because of the immigrants. If you removed all the hispanic immigrants and the last 3 generations of their offspring, we'd be a flyover region compared to NY.

D_Evans45:The reason there are so many people in LA county is because of the immigrants. If you removed all the hispanic immigrants and the last 3 generations of their offspring, we'd be a flyover region compared to NY.

MarkFark:D_Evans45:The reason there are so many people in LA county is because of the immigrants. If you removed all the hispanic immigrants and the last 3 generations of their offspring, we'd be a flyover region compared to NY.

So, there are no immigrants in NYC?

There's a reason the Statue of Liberty is in NY and not San Pedro.

Yeah, it would seem a little disingenuous, considering San Pedro is home to a huge immigration prison.

rvesco:"You wanna help them? You really wanna help these people? STOP SENDING THEM FOOD! Don't sent these people another bite. You want to help them? Send them U-HAULS! Send them LUGGAGE! Send them somebody like me who'll say, 'Hey, we just drove 700 miles with your food, and it occurred to us that there wouldn't be any world hunger if you people would MOVE TO WHERE THE FOOD IS!! You live in a FARKING DESERT! You understand that? NOTHING GROWS HERE! Nothing's GONNA grow here! Come here. You see this? This is SAND. You know what this is going to be 100 years from now? SAND. You live in a FARKING DESERT! MOVE TO WHERE THE FOOD IS! We have deserts in America. We just don't live in 'em, A**HOLES!"

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I always had a problem with that sketch. I mean, Arizona, man, Arizona.

D_Evans45:The reason there are so many people in LA countythe country is because of the immigrants. If you removed all the hispanic immigrants and the last 3 generations of their offspring, we'd be a flyover region compared to NY still be living in the Old World.